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Pousu Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
How to soften the T sound in the American way
Gosh, people repeatedly repond me back with "what?" when I pronounce the following words. I just wanna speak English in a casual way. But I guess they think I am oddly pretending like one of them. Gosh its stressful.
T-sound
Important - im-porn-t(?)
Twenty - Th-wenny(?)
Italy - a(?)lly
Variety - vuh-rye-uh-dih(?)
Fettered - Feh-rer-dh(?)
I stated - sh-tei-rid(?) something.
R-sound
order - oh-rer(?) gosh how do you pronounce double Rs?
Lastly I have trouble whenever I initiate a sentence by "is there ~"
can I skip "th" sound and just say "is dere"?
T-sound
Important - im-porn-t(?)
Twenty - Th-wenny(?)
Italy - a(?)lly
Variety - vuh-rye-uh-dih(?)
Fettered - Feh-rer-dh(?)
I stated - sh-tei-rid(?) something.
R-sound
order - oh-rer(?) gosh how do you pronounce double Rs?
Lastly I have trouble whenever I initiate a sentence by "is there ~"
can I skip "th" sound and just say "is dere"?
Top answer
My advice is that first you had better perfect your pronunciation so people can understand you and after you can veer and check the result. " Is there - "Is zea". pousu can I skip "th" sound and just say "is dere"?
- My advice is that first you had better perfect your pronunciation so people can understand you and after you can veer and check the result.
- " Is there - "Is zea".
- pousu can I skip "th" sound and just say "is dere"?
- It will not sound good.
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My advice is that first you had better perfect your pronunciation so people can understand you and after you can veer and check the result.
"twony"
"Italy"
"v?'ra??t?"
"'fet?d"
"I steited"
order - "'??d?"
Is there - "Is zea".
pousuImportant - im-****-t(?)"ImpotAnt"
"twony"
"Italy"
"v?'ra??t?"
"'fet?d"
"I steited"
order - "'??d?"
Is there - "Is zea".
pousucan I skip "th" sound and j
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I think when you say "softening" you are talking about pronouncing a t like a d. It's about as simple as that. It happens at the end of a stressed syllable.
Italy ~ Idaly
variety ~ variedy
fettered ~ fedderd
stated ~ staded
The t is sometimes omitted between n and a vowel:
plenty ~ plenny
twenty ~ twenny
county ~ counn
Italy ~ Idaly
variety ~ variedy
fettered ~ fedderd
stated ~ staded
The t is sometimes omitted between n and a vowel:
plenty ~ plenny
twenty ~ twenny
county ~ counn
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